“[Robinson Crusoe] is the true prototype of the British colonist. The whole Anglo-Saxon spirit is in Crusoe: the manly independence, the unconscious cruelty, the persistence, the slow yet efficient intelligence, the sexual apathy, the calculating taciturnity.” WholeSpiritIndependenceBritishCrueltyPersistenceUnconsciousApathyEfficientManlyCalculatingPrototypeAnglo SaxonColonistsRobinson Crusoe Author:James Joyce
“Each man has a breaking point, no matter how strong his spirit. Somewhere, deep inside him, there is a flaw that only the fickle cruelty of fate can find.” MenMatterSpiritStrongFateCrueltyFlawsDeep InsideFicklePoint Break Author:David Gemmell
“The triumph of the Romans was indeed sullied by their treatment of the captive king, whom they hung on a gibbet without the knowledge of their indignant general. This disgraceful act of cruelty which might be imputed to the fury of the troops, was followed by the deliberate murder of Withicab, the son of Vadomair; a German prince, of a weak and sickly constitution, but of a daring and formidable spirit.” MightSpiritHistorySonKingsWeakConstitutionMurderCrueltyTriumphTreatmentDaringTroopsHungDeliberateFuryRoman EmpireCaptivesFormidableDisgracefulIndignant Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire